332 – The Flowers of Evil part 1
On this episode dakazu revisits Toru Seino’s Sono ‘Okodawari’, Ore ni mo Kure yo to regale us with tales of wasteful book reading practices and Seino trolling an adult couple. Then we begin our Retrospective on Shuzo Oshimi’s The Flowers of Evil but Seamus is already calling it quits after one episode!!!
Continue reading331 – Triple Dip 48 – Blue Giant, My Dress-Up Darling, My Androgynous Boyfriend
This week we share our favorite social media content and dive into a massive spoiler discussion for BEASTARS volume 10! Then it’s time for a new Triple Dip with Blue Giant, My Dress-Up Darling, and My Androgynous Boyfriend!!!
Continue reading330 – One Shot 34 – Remina
On this episode dakazu is pleasantly surprised with the uplifting Kyou mo Shinemasen deshita and is fascinated with the unique techniques used to create Michi Jigen. Then we rave about Junji Ito’s entertaining sci-fi horror story Remina for our latest One Shot review!
Continue reading329 – Triple Dip 47 – Basara, Claymore, MPD-Psycho
Morgana and Seamus are back to hear dakazu talk about all thing Paru Itagaki with BEASTARS, Beast Complex, and Bota Bota! dakazu also gives his impressions on the new DC manga series Batman Justice Buster and One Operation Joker! Then we have an older manga themed Triple Dip with Basara, Claymore, and MPD-Psycho!!!
Continue reading328 – New Chapter Check-in 6 – One Piece
Darfox and dakazu are here to kickoff 2021 with a New Chapter Check-in! dakazu talks about One Piece chapter 1000, Darfox praises Black Clover but feels lukewarm on the end of We Never Learn, and they both gush about Chainsaw Man again!!!
Continue reading327 – Manga Machinations Awards 2020
Welcome to the final episode of 2020! We’re doing things a bit differently this year by launching the Manga Machinations Awards! Darfox8, dakazu, Morgana, and Seamus have all created unique awards to go with their top manga picks from 2020! Enjoy our picks and have yourself a safe and happy holidays from all of us here at Manga Machinations! See you next year!!!
Continue reading326 – Manga in Motion 45 – Promare
We’re a year late to the zeitgeist but this episode the hosts review the 2019 hit anime film Promare! Also Morgana also talks about Junji Ito’s Remina and dakazu gushes about Ousama Ranking!!!
Continue reading325 – Triple Dip 46 – Radiant, A Bittersweet Life, Amazing Agent Luna
This week dakazu talks about heliocentrism with Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~ and shoujo romances with Busu ni Hanataba wo.! Then the hosts dive into a non-Japanese manga Triple Dip with Amazing Agent Luna, A Bittersweet Life, and Radiant!!!
Continue reading324 – Creator Cross Section 7 – Shigeru Tsuchiyama
On this episode Seamus discusses the penultimate volume of Ôoku: The Inner Chambers and dakazu learns about Miki Yakata’s breast cancer recovery in 27-sai no Nyugan Diary! Then we learn about the appeal of manga artist Shigeru Tsuchiyama through his mastery of drawing food and using simple storylines for a new Creator Cross Section!
Continue readingNew Japan Academy
A manga about wrestler Tetsuya Naito and his journey to become the champion at New Japan Academy
We’ve discussed this on a recent episode.
This is a weird manga. And I say that specifically because it is taking the “career” of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Tetsuya Naito and putting that into a fictional story.
Professional wrestling is a fascinating form of entertainment that becomes a mix of reality and fiction. I would’ve preferred an interview style manga that exposed some behind-the-scenes facts about the biggest storylines in New Japan. Instead we get a generic school setting and a retelling of events that are the equivalent of the WWE comics.
Hiroku‘s cute character designs also didn’t seem to match the wrestlers. But this series is 2 volumes total so I might revisit this to see if they get into Naito’s evolution of his character.
It’s available in English from Yen Press.
~dakazu